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             Photographs


The 750,000 photographs and 250,000 negatives in the Colorado Historical Society's photograph collection reflect Colorado history from the earliest times to the present. The photographs show the growth and development of Colorado, its people, industries, agriculture and communities.

The collection includes photographic images in many formats:

· ambrotypes, daguerreotypes & tintypes · motion picture film and video
· cabinet cards · panoramas
· cartes de visite · postcards
· chromolithographs · positive prints
· cyanotypes · 35 mm. slides
· lantern slides · scrapbooks and albums
· film & glass plate negatives · stereographs

The best place to begin your search is the subject collection. This large collection serves the needs of most researchers.

To view the Collections

In the Library

The best way to view the photo collection is to visit the Stephen H. Hart Library. The library staff will help you find images suited to your needs, and our on-site imaging studio can provide you with high quality prints and scanned images. Indexes to the Colorado Historical Society's photo collections are available in the library. Library visitors may use the photograph indexes to learn more about the scope of the collections. The on-line library catalog (glas) does not contain photograph records. Library staff is available to assist library visitors with photo research. Once an area of interest had been determined, library visitors fill out a request form listing the subjects or collections they would like to see. Library staff will bring envelopes or boxes of photographs out for patron viewing.

On the Web

A small portion of the Colorado Historical Society photograph collection is available for on-line viewing at http://photoswest.org. This site displays photographic images from the Denver Public Library and the Denver Art Museum, as well as the Colorado Historical Society.

Research Services

A photo research service is available to those unable to visit the library.

To Purchase photographic reproductions

An on-site imaging studio can provide high quality photographic prints and scans of Society images and artifacts.
Photographic Reproductions

Library Hours

The library is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m. and is located on the second floor of the Colorado History Museum, 1300 Broadway in downtown Denver, Colorado. There is no charge to visit the library to view the research collections.

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